How do you like your XJ

Feeling bored today thought I would get everyone to voice there opinion on how you like your XJ Stock/Vintage Chop/Bobbed Cafe/Streetracer Me I'm a Chop/ Bobbed guy and would not have it any other way so have at it and lets see if we can have some fun.

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I like my bikes stock but wouldnt mind doing some mods to the 700 it just begs for it but I really like the way it rides much better than the 650 maxim for me anyway.

 

I would love my 1100 even more if I could get it to stop sucking air through the throttle shaft seals done everything I csn think of. Including two sets of seals.

 

cup out or in?

 

out

 

I like my mostly stock Maxim that I've converted to an era appropriate 4pc Vetter Touring Bagger with a few modern LED touches.

I like some of the other "looks/mods" but I only have one ride to tinker with.

 

haha you said 5h1T.

i love mine non stock, unless we're talking about the xj900, i can appreciate the looks of those.

 

Mini Max Cruiser here... Its a lot of work getting and keeping it ridable.

Gas in oil issue the last time I changed out the oil. :-(

Im thinking about selling it.

 

I like riding bikes that nobody has seen (not you guys) , A Seca 750 with all the touring stuff, and a Seca 900. I never, ever see another on the street. Not even at big bike events. It's as if I'm riding a one-off custom, even if it's stock.

 

i like my XJ 650RJ Seca just fine. Ordered float needles today. Thinking about tearing parts out and painting frame banana yellow with tank and other pieces solid fire engine red. I think that would be RACY!
What you think?

 

I love the older Japanese bikes. I need to get used to do the steering on the Maxim though, it has always felt odd to me.

 

Once I got my '81 550 Seca operational and on the road, I fell in love with it.

My immediate thought was "I gotta get another one of these!"

So I did. And upgraded and modernized it. I absolutely love riding it; it's now a brand new '83 Yamaha, better than original, and TIME is right--- you sure don't see anybody else on one, even though it's nearly stock.

 

I must admit I like riding an older bike around that is different from the norm.

But its only 2 months and 2,000 klms so far.


Ask me again next year :wink:

 

I just love my Maxim.

In the last 4 yrs only had an issue with her, was this summer. When the starter clutch was spinning and did not engage. May be she was just too hot that day. She is behaving good for now.

With these older bikes, only the upkeep is you have to worry about. But once you get her in that new shape. Much less expensive than getting a new one and there is still the upkeep with them.

 

love it, hate it.
I like non stocks and have done lots of little changes to bring
out the chrome, custom paint etc.
But it's also my daily rider and I cant stand it to be even a
little dirty. So it's wash and polish every stinking week ( or more
when it rains). Plus the 700 is just to small a motor to have any
real fun with. I miss my '80 xs 1100. That was a fun bike.
A soon as I can afford to, I'll buy another one and bob/rat it out
so it will only see water riding in the rain lol.

 

for me is restoring a stock bike to as close to new as I can get it.
Stock for me.

 

I like mine. I liked it in it's mostly stock form, I like it more now that's it's been modified.

I got mine cheap, it's been cheap to keep running, and if I break it while trying to customize it I can sell the remaining parts for what I paid for the bike in the first place 4 years ago.

shangovi - did you get your carbs straight?

 

Great bike, really all I need. It starts and runs great, has a great sound, plenty of power for me, draws a lot of comments. I look at it as a mutual fund you can ride.

 

When I bought mine, it was the sorriest-looking bike I'd ever seen. But it ran, and that was good enough for me. I'm planning on making it a sort of cafe-style simply because I like the way it handles with lower bars (I flipped mine and fell in love), and it just looks bizarre as a mostly stock 550 maxim with inverted handlebars...

 

I bought my XJ knowing i was going to heavily modify it. they look amazing when built up by the owner but there not too pretty when stock. when i went to buy a bike it was between a maxim 650 and a kz 550 and i took my gf to go look at em with me, when she seen the maxim the first thing she said was that it looked goofy and she tried to talk me into getting the KZ. ha but the maxim was cheaper and bigger and had fairly low miles so i went with the XJ for my project bike. although i do really like the stlying of the maxim gas tanks.